Category: US Politics

I caught <a href="http://www.newwest.net/index.php/main/article/1012/" target="_new">this article</a> over at New West and had to speak my piece.<br />n<br />nIt seems that Sen. Rick Santorum has <a href="http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/news/epaper/2005/04/21/m1a_wx_0421.html" target="_new">introduced a bill</a> that would not allow the National Weather Service (NWS) from offering their forecasts to the public. Now I rely every day on the weather and I…

I wonder if the term nepotism means anything nowadays? <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16318-2005Mar31.html" target="_new">It must not</a>.<br />n<br />n<b>All experience teaches that, whenever there is a great national establishment, employing large numbers of officials, the public must be reconciled to support many incompetent men; for such is the favoritism and nepotism always prevailing in the purlieus of these…

Real good way to get a feel for how people think. Ban people from <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10969-2005Mar29.html" target="_new">your speeches</a> that don't agree with you. Must really need to pump up his self worth to do such things.<br />n<br />nI wonder if the President has ever heard of free speech?<br />n<br />n<b>Stupidity is something unshakable; nothing attacks…

This is something that scares me to death. Governor Brian Schweitzer being mentioned for President. Yes, of the USA, can you believe it? This comes from <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/3/8/94216/29875" target="_new">The Daily Kos</a> via <a href="http://leftinthewest.com/index.php?p=422" target="_new">Left in The West</a>. I about dropped my jaw when I read this. The Kos Quotes the story about <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2005/03/07/build/state/35-taxcheats.inc"…

I see our esteemed <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/03/01/build/state/25-burns-indianfunding.inc" target="_new">Junior Senator</a> is out helping the poor and destitute again.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont., pushed the Interior Department to give one of the wealthiest American Indian tribes in the country $3 million from a federal program intended for cash-strapped tribal schools, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. <br />n<br…

Now I realize the Legislature is working hard on such bills as designating a <a href="http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2005/billhtml/HB0390.htm" target="_new">state insect</a> but maybe they should concentrate on more important issues.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.townhall.com/columnists/jeffjacoby/jj20050221.shtml" target="_new">Terminate the gerrymander</a><br />n<br />nNow this really looks like a plan that Montana needs to look at. Get the power of redistricting out of politicians…

<blockquote>A leading intelligence analyst says President Bush is far and away the most deserving candidate to receive the Nobel Peace Prize this year for bringing "actual real freedom and democracy" to millions.</blockquote><br />n<br />nNow I support our President but the last thing his actions deserve is <a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42785" target="_new">the Nobel Peace Prize</a>. His actions in…

I read the headline this morning and got real excited wondering if it was really true. <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/02/08/build/state/50-workers-week.inc" target="_new">Federal workers considering 4-day week</a>. Fewer hours of work for government employees means less time to bother us trying to get something accomplished. What a deal. Then I read the story and find it only applies to…

Is <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/01/27/build/state/55-bush-mt.inc" target="_new">this</a> supposed to thrill me? Waste of time and money in my opinion.<br />n<br />n<b>The waste of moments sleeping,The waste of pleasure weeping,By denying and ignoringThe waste of nations warring. Robert Frost</b>